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Jeannot Delugeau

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  • The most exciting and spectacular way of expressing gratitude for the dragon is the dragon dance.
  • The Chinese New Year dragon dance symbolizes the bringing of good luck and success in the coming year for all the human beings on earth
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  • the majority of people depend on agriculture for their livelihood, the timely arrival of rains is a necessity.
  • governors of rainfall.
  • The New Year in Chinatown ends with the lantern festival on the fifteenth day of the month.
  • In the dragon dance, a team of dancers carry the image of dragon on poles. The lead dancers of the troupe lift, dip, thrust, and sweep the head which may display animated features controlled by a dancer. The dance troop mimics the supposed movements of this winged spirit in a wicked and undulating manner.
  • As a result, Chinese communities make every effort to have very long dragons dancing during the New Year.
Addie Lerner

Everything about 2012 Chinese New Year Day Celebration ,Activities Stories and Festivals - 0 views

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  • Nora Lucey on 03 Jan 12
     
    Everything about Chinese New Year Festivals Chinese New Year Day Celebration, Decorations, Songs, Food, Parade, Activities, Stories, Horoscopes and Lantern Festivals 2012 Chinese New Year and Chinese Horoscope 2012 Chinese New Year Parade Schedule 2012 Chinese Zodiac Signs Year of Dragon 2012 Chinese Astrology Year of Dragon 2012 Year of Dragon begins on February 4, 2012 - Chinese New Year Day is on January 23, 2012 2012 Chinese Lantern Festival on February 6, 2012.
  • Addie Lerner on 03 Jan 12
     
    Everything about Chinese New Year Festivals Chinese New Year Day Celebration, Decorations, Songs, Food, Parade, Activities, Stories, Horoscopes and Lantern Festivals 2012 Chinese New Year and Chinese Horoscope 2012 Chinese New Year Parade Schedule 2012 Chinese Zodiac Signs Year of Dragon 2012 Chinese Astrology Year of Dragon 2012 Year of Dragon begins on February 4, 2012 - Chinese New Year Day is on January 23, 2012 2012 Chinese Lantern Festival on February 6, 2012.
haiyun lu

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  • The Chinese dragon represents wisdom, strength, benevolence, and good fortune. Invite your students to learn more about this symbol by creating a miniature version and by reading stories about dragons. Begin by passing out the Reproducible below. Have students decorate their dragons with bright colors and glitter. Next help kids to fold a piece of 8" x 11" paper in half vertically and cut along the fold. Accordion-fold each piece and join together to create the animal's body. Attach the head at one end and the tail at the other. Tape chopsticks to the head and tail. Use your puppets as props for a read aloud of A Time of Golden Dragons, by Song Nan Zhang (Tundra, 2000).
Sydnei Parker

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  • Sydnei Parker on 03 Jan 12
     
    Everything about Chinese New Year Festivals Chinese New Year Day Celebration, Decorations, Songs, Food, Parade, Activities, Stories, Horoscopes and Lantern Festivals 2012 Chinese New Year and Chinese Horoscope 2012 Chinese New Year Parade Schedule 2012 Chinese Zodiac Signs Year of Dragon 2012 Chinese Astrology Year of Dragon 2012 Year of Dragon begins on February 4, 2012 - Chinese New Year Day is on January 23, 2012 2012 Chinese Lantern Festival on February 6, 2012.
haiyun lu

TLC Family "Golden Dragon Puppet" - 1 views

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dragon puppet chinese new year

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  • This Chinese New Year Golden Dragon puppet has a special trick -- when you curl your fingers to make him look at somebody, his ears stand up.
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      haiyun lu on 03 Jan 12
       
      Any taker to make one sample and bring it to class? It would be so fun!
Nora Lucey

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  • Nora Lucey on 04 Jan 12
     
    During the festival period, people will greet each other as part of the celebration. The lively atmosphere not only fills every household, but permeates to major streets and small lanes. A series of activities such as lion dancing, dragon lantern dancing, lantern festivals and temple fairs will be held for days.
Neal Brethauer

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  • The 15th day of the 1st lunar month is the Chinese Lantern Festival because the first lunar month is called yuan-month and in the ancient times people called night Xiao. The 15th day is the first night to see a full moon
  • One legend tells us that it was a time to worship Taiyi, the God of Heaven in ancient times. The belief was that the God of Heaven controlled the destiny of the human world. He had sixteen dragons at his beck and call and he decided when to inflict drought,storms, fafmine or pestilence upon human beings
  • Another legend associates the Lantern Festival with Taoism. Tianguan is the Taoist god responsible for good fortune. His birthday falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month. It is said that Tianguan likes all types of entertainment. So followers prepare various kinds of activities during which they pray for good fortune.
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  • Emperor Mingdi sent a scholar to India on a pilgrimage to locate Buddhist scriptures. After joumeying thousands of miles,the scholar finally returned with the scriptures. Emperor Mingdi ordered that a temple be built to house a statue of Buddha and serve as a repository for the scriptures. Followers believe that the power of Buddha can dispel darkness.So Emperor Mingdi ordered his subjects to display lighted lanterns during what was to become the Lantern Festival
  • Besides entertainment and beautiful lanterns, another important part of the Lantern Festival,or Yuanxiao Festival is eating small dumpling balls made of glutinous rice flour. We call these balls Yuanxiao or Tangyuan
Neal Brethauer

Lantern Festival - China culture - 1 views

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  • Lantern Festival, also called Shangyuan Festival, is celebrated on January 15 of Chinese lunar calendar. It is the first full moon night in the Chinese lunar year, symbolizing the coming back of the spring. Lantern Festival may be regarded as the last day of Spring Festival, the new-year festival of China, in other words, the Spring Festival does not end until the Lantern Festival has passed
  • It is a Buddhist convention that the monks would visit sarira and lighten up lanterns to show respect to Buddha on Jan 15. Therefore, Emperors of that dynasty, who were determined to promote Buddhism, ordered people to lighten up lanterns in both palaces and temples on that night to show respect to Buddha
  • In the Song Dynasty, the custom of guessing riddles written on lanterns on Lantern Festival came into being and people at that time wrote riddles on paper strips and then pasted them on the colorful lanterns for others to appreciate and guess
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  • Some places even add traditional folk-custom performances such as playing dragon lantern, Lion Dancing, stilting, striking land boat, doing the Yangko, and striking Peace Drum
  • Nora Lucey on 03 Jan 12
     
    Lantern Festival, also called Shangyuan Festival, is celebrated on January 15 of Chinese lunar calendar. It is the first full moon night in the Chinese lunar year, symbolizing the coming back of the spring. Lantern Festival may be regarded as the last day of Spring Festival, the new-year festival of China, in other words, the Spring Festival does not end until the Lantern Festival has passed.
  • Simon Eng on 04 Jan 12
     
    Lantern Festival, also called Shangyuan Festival, is celebrated on January 15 of Chinese lunar calendar. It is the first full moon night in the Chinese lunar year, symbolizing the coming back of the spring. Lantern Festival may be regarded as the last day of Spring Festival, the new-year festival of China, in other words, the Spring Festival does not end until the Lantern Festival has passed. WOW! An interesting article on the lantern festival!
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